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Xavier University--already steeling itself for the shellacking the Golden Gophers will put on it this Friday--has an Institute for Politics and the American Dream has just released their first American Dream Study(TM)*...

Midwesterners are the most pessimistic in the nation about the American Dream according to the first-ever survey of how Americans view the American Dream conducted by Xavier University’s Institute for Politics and the American Dream. The Institute commissioned the qualitative and quantitative public opinion research firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates to administer the inaugural State of the American Dream Survey™...

The American Dream is in trouble, according to the inaugural State of the American Dream Survey, a first-of-its-kind poll from Xavier University’s Institute for Politics and the American Dream. The survey reveals that people are losing faith in the American Dream, with a majority believing that it is increasingly out of reach and that America is in decline...

As we gear up for an election season, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that, for most people, politics is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Xavier University’s new Institute for Politics and the American Dream is releasing its inaugural survey on the state of the American Dream, something it plans to make an annual exercise...

The "American Dream" means different things to different people, but according to a new poll from Xavier University Americans think it is increasingly harder to attain, even as they say hard work makes the dream possible...

Most U.S. residents feel they can reach the “American dream,” according to a poll from the Xavier Institute for Politics and the American Dream at Xavier University. But they think it’s getting harder to achieve and will be worse for their children and grandchildren...

Xavier University (OH) has released a poll today on the American Dream -- conducted by pollster Paul Maslin (D) -- that shows plenty of pessimism from the public: 60% think that reaching the American Dream is harder than it was for their parents' generation...

The Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream, along with WLWT is hosting a gambling debate on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the Cintas Center on the Xavier University campus...

The Xavier Center for the Study of the American Dream is teaming up with Invest in Neighborhoods Inc. to conduct a Cincinnati City Council candidate forum on behalf of community councils on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7:00 p.m., in the Cintas Center on the Xavier University campus...

On Sept. 17, 1787, 39 brave men signed a document that would change the course of history. The Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream hosted a Constitution Day event to celebrate their legacy and raise the prestige of the public on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 4:00 p.m. in the Gallagher Student Center...

The Xavier University Institute for Politics and Public Life, along with WLWT-TV, is hosting a free former Cincinnati mayors forum on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the Conaton Board Room in Schmidt Hall on Xavier’s campus...

The Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream hosted best-selling author and former Nixon advisor Kevin Phillips on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the Schiff Conference Center of Xavier’s Cintas Center. This event was free and open to the public...

Xavier is addressing these issues though the creation of the non-partisan Institute for Politics and Public Life, which aims to provide leadership in national discussions of politics and public policy in an academic setting. The Institute will further act as a place to research crucial matters of public policy and governance and disseminate findings to the public...